active ingredient

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Active Ingredient

Any component that provides pharmacological activity or other direct effect in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease, or affects the structure or any function of the body of man or animals.

As active pharmaceutical ingredients and chemical preparations are more and more widely used in veterinary farming industry, China's veterinary active pharmaceutical ingredients and chemical preparations industry develops rapidly.

The latest report* predicts Japan's Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) Asia-Pacific revenue share to drop from a dominant 51% in 2011 to 34% by 2017, while less economically mature markets across the region expand their own.

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